I am a Dutch Women, born in 1943, with a lot of interest in Quilting. I was a board member of the Dutch Quiltersguild. I got a lot of friends in these days. My interest are modern quilting, gardening and music.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Last week I painted a lot of fabrics. It was one day of painting, a whole afternoon of rinsing the fabrics and a whole afternoon of ironing. Now I am still living here and the weather was fine, I could do this in my large garden. When it is summer again I don't know where I have to live and if I have space enough to paint outside. For two days I had also my little grandson who is six month old.I painted several kinds of fabrics, cotton poplin, tjeka, cotton satin cheesecloth and silk.

Yesterday I visited the Friends day of the Nederlands Textiel Museum, now called the Audax Textiel Museum. A lot af friends there. There was a rehearsal of "High Tech, Low Tech" in textiles. Very interesting. Afterwards was the opening of the Exhebition European Art Quilts IV, an exhibition worth to see. On the picture you see the front of the catalogue accompaning the exhibition. I met a lot of friends ans acquintances of the quilt scene. Again a nice day.

Friday, October 06, 2006

Last week Saterday we had a meeting with the SBA group "Quilten Speciaal". All students had beautifull work. It was a great pleasure for us all to admire each other work.Not everything was done, but we will have to finish our work on 30 march 2007. We will work together in the future and the name of the group will be StiQvijf. One photo is off the talking off our work by Hanny Spierenburg, consulent Textile of SBA. The other is sample of my werk, to try different methods, before working on my quilt.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

A week ago we visited again hte south of the Netherlands, Zuid-Limburg.And again we enjoyed the landscape and the typical houses made of wood, straw and loam. The weather was fine, so we could do a lot outsight. With the group of campers we visited i.e. the Ceramique Centre in Maastricht. There was an exhibition of plates, dishes and bowls made and decorated in the Art Nouveau style. I like this style very much, so for me it is a lot of inspirations. I bougt the catalogue from the exhibition so I let inspire me whenever I look in this book.Een week geleden waren we weer een weekje in Zuid Limburg. Het weer was prima en we konden veel buiten doen. Met de groep kampeerders waar me samen mee waren hebben we diverse excursies ondernomen, o.a. naar het Centre Ceramique in Maastricht. Ik ben gek op Art Nouveau en Jugendstil. In het Centre was een tentoonstelling van Sfinx met aardewerk uit die periode, met geweldige decoraties erop. Ik heb het boek gekocht en laat me daardoor inspireren. De vakwerkhuizen roepen ook associaties op met patchwork.

About Me

I'm a quilter of dutch origin. I live in the south of the Netherlands with my husband Jac.
I love gardening and I like music. Favourite composers are Beethoven and Bach. Every Tuesday I go to sing in a Choir classic music.
At the moment I like modern quilting en to experiment with all kind of materials.